The National Institutes of Health has announced $46 million in research awards for the Human Placenta Project, an initiative to revolutionize understanding of the placenta. The awards will fund ...
Scientists are uncovering how the placenta, long viewed as a temporary pregnancy organ, acts as a powerful biological ...
The first panoramic view of infection pathways in the human placenta has been created, which could highlight potential drug targets to develop pregnancy-safe therapies for malaria, toxoplasmosis and ...
Placenta and hormone levels in the womb may have been key driver in human evolution, say researchers
The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also leading to the behavioural traits that have made human societies able to thrive ...
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New full-term placental stem cells could transform research on late-pregnancy complications
Pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia and preterm birth often arise during the late stage of pregnancy. However, researchers have primarily relied on placental cells from early pregnancy to ...
Until now, scientific evidence has been inconclusive regarding the ability of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, to replicate in the human placenta. Answering this question, as well as ...
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How the placenta may predict future disease risk
India, March 11 -- The placenta may hold clues about a child's future health long before birth.
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